Etymology of the English word acephalous
the English word acephalous
derived from the Medieval Latin word acephalous
derived from the Greek word akephalos, ἀκέφαλος
derived from the Late Greek word kephale, κεφαλή (head; the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghebh-el-
using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)
derived from the Medieval Latin word acephalus (lacking the first syllable; beginning w, short syllable)
derived from the Greek word akephalos, ἀκέφαλος
derived from the Late Greek word kephale, κεφαλή (head; the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghebh-el-
using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)